Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-31


vestiyate the coalition OF affairs In the quarantine
OF New York did not confine their labors to the
aforementioned place: but In their report made a
somewhat extended reference TO the state OF
things existing at Philadelphia and Baltimore. OF
course neither OF these two cities receives as large
q number Of immigrants OF the class who bring
the seeds OF disease into the country and scatter
them broadcast as New York does Their resources
are proportionalIy Inadequate. Most OF the work
done az these lesser stations IL IN the way OF soa
Ing patients sent from private dwellings or emer-
gency hospitals In the cities 70 which they are at
tached. and good share OF their accommodations
and apparatus has fallen into disrepair. AT New
York no complain. Is 70 be made OF the capacity OF
the quarters But the pumps for nusning the
waterclosets are out OF order The l-pipes take
number OF angular turns on their way 70 the sea,
into which they discharge. The laundry facilities
are defective, the present arrangements only per-
hitting the immigrants TO wash their own clothing
at the edges Of the underground cstern Instead OF
having the water carried up so as TO descend
from pipes overhead and prevent any possible con-
tamination OF the sources OF supply BY q re1ow.
There IL no resident medical onicer and the force
OF assistants at md Is too meagre to insure
proper care for such a company OF people were
sent 10 the Islands from an Italian steamship O
little while ago Finally, the lack OF bedsteads
chairs, tables, bedding, towels, crockery, knives
and forks and utensils for promoting personal
20 snare the same furniture and dorne,t appli-
ances, thus greatly Increasing the chances OF con-
tagiOn.
IL Is becoming painfully evident that the sepa-
rate state and city sanitary systems cannot De
trusted 70 do efficient service In an emergency
like this II the tide OF immigration should sud
denly be diverted from New York TO Philadelphia
or Baltimore. what assurance have we that any
proper precaution would be taken there to pre-
ho INF tpla Tsar
Is no essential harmony Of action between the
health authorities OF New York, Pennsylvania and
Maryland What Is needed Is q federal SAM
tsry system, its officers vested with larger
powers, and qualified 70 supersede, II neces-
sary, the local authorities at any
point The well-worn argument concerning
state sovereignty would undoubtedly be brought
into play TO defeat any attempt at unifying the
health systems at the various ports as they were
when the yellow fever was under discussion In
ls7p: but the night OF the national government TO
provide for the common defense and promote the
general welfare ought 70 be broad enough to cover
the protection OF sixty millions OF people against
scourge which Is liable TO BE- permitted . foothoId
az any time through the carelessness the parti-
san greed OF one CUP OF local office-holders.
There Is a marked difference between an upward
course in the stock market, with occasional back
sets. and downward course, with occasional re-
plished In either direction be not great. Wall
street has passed through the latter experience
for period OF several months but within the last
week the movement seems TO have shifted some
what, md in verge. 0uraging way. 10 was only
little while ago that the bears had sole possess
sion OF the market They were full OF spirit and
well organized. The bulls were terrified discour-
aged and scattered. Now the bulls havr begun to
pluck up hope and TO talk about a campaign. All
N ral fOra
good while 10 come, but a desired end will have
been gained II 10 can once be m de to appear that
the general tendency OF the market Is reversed.
II Is 70 be expected that the bears after their
long series OF victories and the money they must
have heaped up by their successive settlements will
wheel about and retire without resistance. At
every available stage OF the markets progress up
ward we must be prepared to see q fresh raid by
the bears The profits from each will not be so
great as when they were working as an aggressive
and not an opposition party; but there will be
enough money In a forced drop OF even one per
cent all along the line to satisfy the room traders
who constitute the rank and nle OF the bear ele-
ment Wall street win be a very bad place, for
some time TO come, for spectators to venture In
with small margins; but fol the capitalist with
plenty OF ready money, prepared u pick up sound,
dividend-paying securities In small lots and lock
them up In his safe, there SEEMS 10 be ample CD
portunitles for investment at current prices 1t
viii doubtless be found after q time that a large
quantity OF stock has been quietly absorbed In
this way already, and taken out OF the street.
The Inter State Commerce Commission has not
yet relieved the express companies from suspense
by q decision as TO their legal status These COM
panies do not own or operate railroad lines but
merely receive and deliver goods, paying railroads
for the work OF transportation. They do not even
own the cars In which their goods are transported
Is the freight forwarding companies do. on the
other hand they are undoubtedly common carriers
as 10 the property entrusted to them, no matter
whom they employ TO do the actual transporta-